ChainsawAsh, I appreciate what you’re saying. And I am not advocating silence (as CatBus suggests) but following page-after-page of mostly pro-gun control statements, I think the other solutions deserve some attention. The failings I mentioned could be addressed by legislation but it takes enormous work to get the votes to address those things, whether it is increased security at every school in the country, mental health intervention, or cooperation between law enforcement and schools/health professionals. If we use this moment (and every other) to mostly or entirely pontificate about guns (including the bad idea from pro-gun people saying we should have armed teachers), then I’m afraid nothing will be done. I’ve previously suggested several gun control measures I favor. I’m worried about the dysfunction in our society that prevents addressing problems in terms beyond our pet issues.